Charlie Sheen Turns to Drugs, Justin Bieber to Egg McMuffins

• Air control officials say up to 17,000 flights could be canceled today as a result of the plumes of smoke and volcanic ash wafting across Europe after an eruption in Iceland. Disruptions could continue through the weekend. [BBC]

• Leaders of Thailand’s Red-Shirt protest movement escaped out of a hotel window as authorities were raiding the premises. [NY Times]

• Following the pop-star trajectory by the book, young Justin Bieber may have already developed a crippling addiction—to Egg McMuffins. Last week, he reportedly kept fans and press waiting for an hour when he diverted his motorcade to McDonald’s. [Page Six]

• Nicolas Cage commissioned a new-age pyramidal tomb for himself in a New Orleans cemetery. That’s all. [TMZ]